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I've noticed there hasn't been any big hooplah about the subversive, soul-shrivelling music the kids is listening to these days. Not that I put any credence behind such things, but it seems like every decade or so we get some big panic:
-in the 40's it was the jazz that'd lead you down a road of substance abuse and infidelity
-in the 50's it was that vulgar, lewd rock and roll
-in the 60's it was the psychedalia that'd make you a subversive, dope smoking drop out
-in the 70's it was the disco life of drugs sex and self-destruction that would doom society
-in the 80's metal would turn us all into satanic mass murderers
-in the 90's we had rave, and the E-culture to be wary of (AND I-doping. I LOVE the I-doping scare!)
-in between we had rap and hip hop, turning us into gun toting thugs; and good ol Marilyn Manson who was just WAY too terrifying to contemplate....
but now....? It's been at least a decade since I'd heard any REAL outrage. Since I doubt we've been overtaken by a wave of reasonableness I chalk it up to the last decade of absolutely gutless mainstream music. Then I wonder if this is symtomatic of something else.... kinda like how all movies were PG'd for a while.
Don C.
I've noticed there hasn't been any big hooplah about the subversive, soul-shrivelling music the kids is listening to these days. Not that I put any credence behind such things, but it seems like every decade or so we get some big panic:
-in the 40's it was the jazz that'd lead you down a road of substance abuse and infidelity
-in the 50's it was that vulgar, lewd rock and roll
-in the 60's it was the psychedalia that'd make you a subversive, dope smoking drop out
-in the 70's it was the disco life of drugs sex and self-destruction that would doom society
-in the 80's metal would turn us all into satanic mass murderers
-in the 90's we had rave, and the E-culture to be wary of (AND I-doping. I LOVE the I-doping scare!)
-in between we had rap and hip hop, turning us into gun toting thugs; and good ol Marilyn Manson who was just WAY too terrifying to contemplate....
but now....? It's been at least a decade since I'd heard any REAL outrage. Since I doubt we've been overtaken by a wave of reasonableness I chalk it up to the last decade of absolutely gutless mainstream music. Then I wonder if this is symtomatic of something else.... kinda like how all movies were PG'd for a while.
Don C.
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